Northrop Grumman Team Completes First In-Flight AESA Communications

Northrop Grumman Corporation and its teammates L-3 Communications, Inc. and Lockheed Martin Corporation have successfully conducted the first in-flight communications link with an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

"We took our targeting radar and turned it into a 'talking' radar by enabling it to transmit and receive unprecedented amounts of information," said Teri Marconi, vice president of Northrop Grumman's combat avionics business unit.

"We are revolutionizing the way that data is collected, stored and distributed on the battlefield."

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